Ephriam Bates Cemetery

Directions: This cemetery is on Parish Road 89, off Highway 43 north of Easleyville. The turnoff appears to be approximately 2 miles south of the Mississippi-Louisiana state line on Highway 43.

Copied by: Virgil Roberts, July 2001.

Notes by Virgil Roberts: The cemetery isn't but 30 x 30 square or so. I kinda mapped it out. Would have took pictures, but can't find my digital camera, and my regular one is out of film. Maybe next time. All the markers were wooden crosses, except John R. and John Bates, which had government markers. As to the dates, I don't know what to tell you. ~ Virgil Roberts

You walk in the gate and there is on the left:

Sgt. John R. Bates,
Co. B, 4th LA Inf
1826 - 1879

Beside him is:

Amanda J. Welch (no dates)

Behind John R. is:

Pvt. John Bates
LA Militia, 2nd Div., 12th & 13th Regt.
War of 1812
1786 - 1842
(I wonder if this is John R.'s father?)

Beside him (and behind Amanda) is:

Elizabeth Robertson (no dates)

Behind them is:

Thomas Bates 1777 - 1827

Elizabeth Holliday 1795 - 1816

To the right of Ms. Holliday is:

Ephriam H. Bates 1817 Texas — that is all that was on the headstone.

To the right of him is:

Mariah Louise Newson (no dates)

To the right of her is:

John H. Bates 1823 - 1826

Behind Ephriam H. and Mariah Newson (by the back of the cemetery) is:

Rev. Ephriam Bates (had "War" on marker)

Sarah Griswold 1750 - 1841

Also, even with John R. and to the right when you walk in is one marked:

"Unknown"